June 24, 1963 - Film director John Frankenheimer has justified the suspicions of the Pentagon that this nation’s military establishment would not be treated kindly in the movie version of “Seven Days in May,” the best-selling novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. The picture, being filmed at Paramount Studios by Mr. Frankenheimer, adheres to the book’s theme that the Pentagon has already acquired so much power it may try to take over the Presidency within a couple of decades. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Fredric March star in the film. “To me,” Mr. Frankenheimer said today, “this is no science-fiction story. It could very well happen. The power of the military is already incredible. Most Americans don’t realize this. They are only beginning to understand this power of the military when they see the Secretary of Defense being forced to stand up to the military.” The movie, which should be completed next month, will show the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff determined to oust the President by a coup that involves a secret military base and treasonable alliances with a U.S. Senator, the defense industry, and an important television personality.
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